Jafar Samad

Jafar Samad was a member of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Biography
Jafar Samad worked with his uncle at an electronics store in Haditha, Iraq, and he occasionally had soldiers of the US Marine Corps as customers during the Iraq War. During this time, Haditha became known as the "City of Death", as the Iraqi insurgents (especially al-Qaeda) carried out several murders. Samad joined AQI, and along with Amin Abdul he was paid $1,000 by al-Qaeda foreign fighters to blow up a Marine humvee with a roadside IED. Samad was a moderate Muslim who smoked, drank alcohol, and had a girlfriend, but he was in it for the money, so he carried out the task. Samad and Abdul escaped after briefly shooting at the marines, and they were paid their money. Their actions caused the stressed Corporal Ramirez to carry out the Haditha Massacre hours later.